Pupil Funding

Mr. Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the average revenue funding per pupil in (a) foundation and (b) voluntary aided schools in (i)1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999 and (iv) 2000. [14570]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 13 November 2001]: Data are not collected separately for foundation schools (this status has been in existence since September 1999) and voluntary aided schools.

Sixth Forms

Mr. Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will maintain funding for school sixth forms in real terms in 200304. [14571]

Mr. Ivan Lewis [holding answer 13 November 2001]: This Government remain committed to the real terms guarantee for school sixth form funding.

Mr. Luff:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to whom indicative budgets for individual school sixth forms in Worcestershire have been made available; and if she will publish them by 5 November. [12459]

Mr. Ivan Lewis [holding answer 5 November 2001]: The first provisional allocations for school sixth forms will be notified to LEAs and made public by the Learning

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and Skills Council in December 2001. The baseline data on which the real terms guarantee for sixth forms will be calculated was the subject of consultation between the DfES and local education authorities in August. Schools also received the relevant provisional baseline data on which the Department consulted in early September as part of a guidance pack published by the Learning and Skills Council.

Teachers' Salaries

Dr. Tonge:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will publish the average (a) starting and (b) top scale teachers' salaries in real terms in each of the last 20 years, in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. [14413]

Mr. Timms:
I will write to the hon. Member enclosing this information as soon as possible, and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

Dr. Tonge:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will publish comparative figures for (a) starting and (b) top scale teacher salaries in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. [14414]

Mr. Timms:
The information requested, which is published in the OECD annual "Education at a Glance", is shown in the following table and refers to 1999, the latest year for which information is available.

Teacher statutory salaries by whether working in primary or secondary: 1999

Annual statutory pay, excluding bonuses converted to US dollars based on purchasing power parities

Primary

Lower secondary

Upper secondary

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

Maximum

Australia

25,661

37,502

26,658

37,577

26,658

37,577

Austria

21,804

44,159

22,421

46,735

24,027

54,443

Belgium (FI)

22,901

36,594

23,428

40,017

29,075

40,461

Belgium (Fr)

22,043

35,685

22,561

39,115

28,151

49,581

Czech Republic

6,806

12,103

6,806

12,103

8,052

14,316

Denmark

28,140

32,684

28,140

32,684

29,986

42,672

England

19,999

33,540

19,999

33,540

19,999

33,540

Finland

18,110

25,615

20,394

29,530

21,047

31,325

France

19,761

39,271

21,918

41,537

21,918

41,537

Germany

29,697

38,996

33,196

43,945

35,546

49,445

Greece

19,327

28,027

19,650

28,987

19,650

28,987

Hungary

5,763

11,105

5,763

11,105

6,908

13,217

Iceland

19,939

25,377

19,939

25,377

20,775

30,954

Ireland

21,940

40,141

23,033

40,532

23,033

40,523

Italy

19,188

28,038

20,822

31,062

20,822

32,602

Korea

23,759

62,281

23,613

62,135

23,613

62,135

Mexico

10,465

22,345

13,357

27,643

n/a

n/a

Netherlands

25,896

37,381

26,874

41,066

27,133

54,720

New Zealand

16,678

32,573

16,678

32,573

16,678

32,573

Norway

22,194

27,453

22,194

27,453

22,194

27,453

Portugal

18,751

50,061

18,751

50,061

18,751

50,061

Scotland

19,765

32,858

19,765

32,858

19,765

32,858

Spain

24,464

37,317

26,669

40,082

29,058

43,100

Sweden

18,581

n/a

18,704

n/a

20,549

n/a

Switzerland

33,209

51,813

39,162

60,165

46,866

70,548

Turkey

9,116

11,541

8,144

10,568

8,144

10,568

USA

25,707

43,094

25,155

44,397

25,405

44,394

Notes:

1. The OECD asks for statutory salary scale points but, where these are not available, countries can use survey data on actual salary and use approximations to identify equivalents to bottom and top of the scale.

2. Some countries pay different salaries to teachers in primary and secondary schools although there is no such distinction in England. 'Lower secondary' is, broadly the 1115 age range and upper secondary is 1619.

3. These salary comparisons can be only broadly indicative. Thus, they exclude extra allowances and yet, in England, many teachers at the top of the scale would also get management allowances. The figures pre-date the introduction of performance related pay but the OECD definition would exclude that too. There are other differences, for example in the treatment of employer social security payments.

4. The time taken to get to the top of the scale varies markedly between countries and so, for example, a country with a high top scale point might require many years service to reach this and so the top point is not representative of the pay of most teachers.

5. 'Purchasing power parties' are different from currency exchange rates and aim to reflect differences in price levels between countries and are more appropriate for those comparisons. Teacher salaries will also reflect the overall levels of national incomes and wages in national economies which is one reason why the range of salaries is so wide. There will be other such factors such as the average age of entry to teaching of new qualifiers. Salary will also reflect non-pay elements of remuneration and features of the teaching job such as hours, workload, job security, status all of which might vary between countries.

Source:

Tables D1.1a-c, OECD "Education at a Glance" 2001, published by OECD, Paris.

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Early Years Education

Mr. Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of early years settings employ a qualified teacher; and what the cost would be of placing a qualified teacher in every early years setting. [14579]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 13 November 2001]: Approximately 35,000 early years settings are registered to deliver Government funded nursery education. Of these, around 50 per cent. are local education authority maintained primary schools and nursery schools, all of which directly employ qualified teachers.

We have asked local early years development and child care partnerships (EYDCPs), in association with their local education authorities, to ensure that a ratio of one teacher with qualified teacher status to every 10 early education settings in the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) sector is achieved by 2004.

The approximate cost of placing a qualified teacher in every PVI sector setting would be £435 million per annum. We have no present plans to do this.

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Haskins Report

Mr. Peter Ainsworth:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which hon.

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Members were given (a) notice of and (b) briefing on the content of Lord Haskins report prior to 12.30 pm on 18 October. [9951]

Margaret Beckett [holding answer 24 October 2001]: I am not aware that any hon. Members were given advance notice of and briefing on the content of Lord Haskins report prior to 12.30 pm on 18 October. My noble Friend launched his report at 10.30 am on that day.

Agrimonetary Compensation

Mr. Laurence Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to claim agrimonetary compensation from the EU; and if she will make a statement. [12356]

Mr. Russell Brown:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to claim further agrimonetary compensation. [12419]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 5 November 2001]: Since 1997, a total of £785 million has been announced in agrimonetary compensation for farmers. Of this, £256 million has been optional. We have no plans to claim any agrimonetary compensation from the EU. Any future payments of agrimonetary compensation, to which the Exchequer would have to contribute at least 71p in every pound, must be balanced against the needs of other sectors and taxpayers.